Nigeria, April 18 -- The police in Anambra State, South-east Nigeria, have arrested a suspected fake coordinator of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Examination Board (JAMB).

The suspect, Eric Nwombu, was arrested on 14 April by the operatives of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Safe School Initiative of the police in the state.

The police spokesperson in Anambra State, Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.

Mr Ikenga, a superintendent of police, said the male suspect was arrested for alleged criminal impersonation and unlawful possession of JAMB examination materials.

"The arrest followed a report of how the suspect was collecting 2026 JAMB examination slips from students who had come to check their exa...